Bale or crate.



No. 784,011. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

' A. M. SHEAKLEY.

BALE OR CRATE.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 3 1904,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 784,011. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905 A. M. SHEAKLEY.

BALE 0R CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3.1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ARTHUR M. SHEAKLEY, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO HER- CULES MFG.COMPANY, OF STOCKTON, CALlFORNlA, A CORPORATION.

HALE Old CRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 784,011, datedFebruary 28, 1905.

Application filed February S, 1904:. Serial No. 191,793.

To all Hill/0771, it may concern.

Be it known that l, An'rI-iUn M. SH EAKLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful llmn-ovements in Balesor Crates; and 1. do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon. which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to im n'm ements in bales or crates for fiber usedin plaster; and my object is to produce a bale-tie for the same in whichit may be compactly pressed and easily handled for wholesale or retailtrade. This object 1 accomplish by the peculiar construction andadaptation of parts hereinafter described, and 1'iarticularly pointedout in the claims appended.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of one of myimproved crates of baled fiber. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a section of said crated fiber. Fig. 4- isa side elevation of another section. Fig. 5 designates a single bale ofthe fiber.

The fiber which is formed into bales is that made, preferably, of Manilahemp and is used in the making of plaster in preference to hair. Byexperience I have found thatit requires about four pounds of said fiberto one barrel of lime. Hence I first weigh out four pounds of the fiberand by any suitable means press such amount together, forming thebale 1. I then secure this bale in its proper shape by means of strings2. I then lay on the follower of a suitable pressing-machine three slats3 at a distance apart equal to the length of one of the bales 1. Theseslats are in length equal to live times the Width of one of said bales.The bales 1 are then piled on said slats in live sections of teneach-viz., two wide and five l'ligh, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. On thetop of this pile are laid three more slats in similar positions to thoseon the bottom. By

means of the pressing-machine these bales are then pressed tightlytogether. Around each 5 section 1 then secure suitable wires 4 and myfiber is bundled, ready for use. This bundle, as will be readily seen,contains fifty bales of four pounds each, divided into sections of tenbales each, the whole crate containing a sufficicnt amount for fiftybarrels of lime. On the outer side of the slats 3 are perforations 5 atthe pointswhere the different sections come together. \Vhen it isdesired by the trade to sell one section of a whole bundle, thoseperforations designate the points at which the slats must be sawed toseparate said section from the rest, and similarly for two or moresections. Figs. 3 and at show the sections as they appear when sawedoff.

Although for the sake ofclearly describing my improved device .1 havegiven certain weights and measures, still I do not necessarily confinemyself to such.

Any suitable bands may be used in place of the wires 4.

I have described in part the use of the baled fiber and the manner ofbundling same, but make no claim to either of these features in this a'iplication, as they will be made the subject of a separate application.

I have entered into adetailed description of the relative constructionand arrangement of parts as embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention. I do not desire, however, to be understoodas confining myself to such s1. ccificdctails, as such changes andmodifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope ofmy claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, m

1. A composite halo of the type set forth, comprising bales eachindependently bound, a plurality of bales being laid end to end andpiled in tiers, each tier constituting a section and a plurality oftiers being arranged side by side, slats arranged at the tops andbottoms and near the ends of the tiers and extending the length of allsaid tiers grouped as described, slats arranged at the centers of thetiers, said slats being arranged at the tops and at the bottoms of thetiers, means for retaining said slats in position, said slats beingperforated at the junctures of the several tiers.

2. A composite bale of the type set forth, comprising a plurality ofbales arranged in pairs with two bales of each pair end to end and withone pair on top of the other, constituting double tiers, a plurality ofsuch tiers arranged side by side, slats arranged on the tops and on thebottoms of the tiers and wires surrounding each tier in alinement withthe centers of the bales composing the tier, and perforations in saidslats between the tiers.

3. A composite bale consisting of pairs of bales laid end to end, aplurality of said pairs laid one on top of the other, constitutingtiers, a plurality of such tiers laid side by side, slats crossing allthe tiers at each edge andthe centers of the tiers and on the top andbottom of the same and wires passing lengthwise around ARTHUR M.SHEAKLEY.

Vitnesses:

JosHUA B. WmBsTER, PERCY S. lVeBsTER.

